Luke 14:33
So likewise every one of you that doth not renounce all that he possesseth, cannot be my disciple.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
In Context
32Or else, whilst the other is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he desireth conditions of peace.
34Salt is good. But if the salt shall lose its savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
Cross References
Luke 5:28And leaving all things, he rose up and followed him.
Luke 18:22Which when Jesus had heard, he said to him: Yet one thing is wanting to thee: sell all whatever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
Acts 5:1But a certain man named Ananias, with Saphira his wife, sold a piece of land,
Philippians 3:7But the things that were gain to me, the same I have counted loss for Christ.
1 John 2:15Love not the world, nor the things which are in the world. If any man love the world, the charity of the Father is not in him.
Matthew Henry on Luke 14:26-35
The Necessity of Self-denial. 25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them, 26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. 27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? 29 Lest haply, after… Read the whole commentary →